Exactly, how is an open, browser-based standard any worse than having to download an executable (often limited to mac/windows only) with opaque permissions?

The fact they have to be installed/uninstalled too is another inefficiency.

> They are very “boring” when it comes to risk

The main problems regular people have when it comes to their phones/macs today isn't that they're boring, it's that the software is buggy and inconsistent, and generally just seems a disservice to the otherwise industry leading hardware.

I'd rather they fix that first than cater to the hardware enthusiasts yearning for some breakthrough new-paradigm design.

When your livelihood indirectly depends on their whims (aka the app store rules) or the possibility some new feature or product they announce directly affects the way you build your software, either positively or negatively, why not pay close attention?

> need something to help me make sense of them, integrate them, reformat, do a "semantic refactoring" across files, diffs. etc

I'm building this exact thing. Heavily inspired by obsidian (and the obsidian workflow where you launch claude code in your vault), but with a leaner UX, and a web-first app. Not launched yet, but I'll let you know when I do.

As someone else building a notes app, I went with CodeMirror because I enjoy the feature-set of the obsidian editor (which is CodeMirror), and I'm trying to emulate the features on that that I use the most, in addition to some more "experimental" features I'm currently playing with.

Personally, I really don't enjoy WYSIWIG editors when writing notes. It's just unnecessarily different compared to what I'm used to. Though I can see non-devs enjoying it more.

You're allowed to like both. Antinote is very unique, and devs should be allowed to charge for their work if it's a quality app with a really polished UX.

Also, its not theirs.

The entire docs is gpt/claude-esque. It's gonna take a significant amount of work rewriting it all, all for a free tool.

I think it fits fine with the type of app this is. Sure some people might be slightly put off, and there is a bit of fluff sprinkled in everywhere, but I think it's fine.

What perfect timing. Looks extremely well curated too.

> This hyperbole is not really necessary on hackernews

I've noticed that hyperbole is increasingly getting frontpaged as of these past 6-10 months.